Graveside services for Barney BARNOSKI, 64, of Braggs were held Monday,
Jan. 30, at 2 p.m. at the Barnoski Cemetery, north of Vian. The Rev. Mike
McConnell and the Rev. Adam Canoe officiated at the services and burial was
under the direction of the Wheeler Funeral Home in Sallisaw. Mr. BARNOSKI
died Friday, Jan. 27, at this home. He was born in Vian to Conseen BARNOSKI
and Tarnie BEAVER BARNOSKI on Jan. 1, 1920. Survivors include the wife Lou
Ann of the home; two daughters, Nadine and Nanine; three sons, Barnett, Lee
and Barney Jr. of Ada; two sisters, Ollie and Effie; two brothers, Jim and
Louie; and 11 grandchildren.

Funeral services for Donald Ray GARRISON, 43, of Hilmar, Calif., were
held Tuesday, Jan. 31, at 10 a.m. in the Gore House of Prayer. Burial was
in the White Cemetery, west of Gore, under the direction of the Wheeler Funeral
Home in Sallisaw. Mr. GARRISON died Monday, Jan. 32, (?) in Houston, Texas.
He was born in Muskogee on Feb. 28, 1940, to Wilbur Wilson GARRISON and Oneida
MASSINGILL GARRISON. Survivors include the wife, Sharon, of the home; one
daughter, Dawn Renee; two sons, Sean and Stacey; the mother, Oneida GARRISON;
one brother, Bob; and one granddaughter.

Services for Minnie C. PHILLIPS, 64, of Kerman, Calif., were held at 2
p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, at Bragg and Sons Chapel in Kerman with burial in
Golden Sunset Memorial Park. Mrs. PHILLIPS died Sunday, Jan. 22. Survivors
include the husband, Lonnie; two sons, Gerald and Charlie; three daughters,
Brenda, Doris and Ruth; one brother, Houston; one sister, Viola; 17
grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Services for Euna POLLARD of Sallisaw were held Monday, Jan. 30, at 10
a.m. in the Rocky Point Old School House with the Rev. Watie Hendrix officiating.
Burial followed in the Rocky Point Cemetery under the direction of the Wheeler
Funeral Home. Mrs. POLLARD was born to George OGDEN and Mary DAWS OGDEN on
Sept. 27, 1913, in the Long community. She died in a Fort Smith, Ark., hospital
on Thursday, Jan. 26, at the age of 70. Survivors include four daughters,
Lorene, Evelyn, Linda and Charlotte; five sons, Edward, Doyle, Bud, Bill
and John; three sisters, Nellie, Burley, and Vennie; five brothers, Hubert,
Lester, Burt and Dallas and B.L.; 27 grandchildren; and nine
great-grandchildren.

Services for George L. SCRUGGS Sr. of Eufaula were held Wednesday, Feb.
1, at 2 p.m. in the Merritt Funeral Service Chapel in Eufaula with the Rev.
Leonard Tolle officiating. Burial followed in the Greenwood Cemetery. Mr.
SCRUGGS, 84, was born Feb. 1, 1897, in Gans and died Saturday, Jan. 28, in
Friendly Manor Nursing Home in Eufaula. Survivors include the wife, Maydella
of the home; two sons, George and Howard; one daughter, Judy; and four
grandchildren.

Norman Ray SIMMONS Sr. of Shreveport, La., a former Sequoyah County resident
died in a Shreveport hospital on Wednesday, Jan. 25. Services were held at
2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, in Wellmans Funeral Chapel at Shreveport. Burial
was in Beaumont, Texas. Mr. SIMMONS, 75, was born to Robert L. and Sadie
WHITE SIMMONS on Aug. 15, 1908, in Mulberry, Ark. On Dec. 29, 1926, he married
the former Mary ANDERSON at Marble City. She survives. Other survivors include
one daughter Betty Ruth; four sons, Norman Ray Jr., James, and Robert and
David; one sister, Marie; three brothers, Charley, Dale, and Jack; 14
grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Services for Emma Rachel WALKUP, 78, of Vian were held Wednesday, Feb.
1, at 2 p.m. at the Agent Chapel in Sallisaw with the Rev. W. B. Livingston
officiating. Burial was in the Maple Cemetery, northeast of Sallisaw, under
the direction of the Agent Funeral Home. Mrs. WALKUP was born to Alonzo PICKINS
and Ada WILLIAMS PICKINS on July 21, 1905, in Hackett, Ark. She died in the
Vian Nursing Home on Monday, Jan. 30. Survivors include three daughters,
Mrs. Joyce, Mrs. Margie and Mrs. Goldie; two sons, Frank and Ernest; 10
grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Edna; and one
brother, Marion.

Robert Homer WIMBERLY, 85, died Tuesday, Jan. 24, in Sallisaw. Mr. WIMBERLY
was born in Springtown, Texas, on Nov. 5, 1898, the son of Ella B. and Willie
B. WIMBERLY. He is survived by one brother, Chester L.; three nieces, Mrs.
Don, Mrs. R.J., and Mrs. Fred; and one nephew, Willie C..

February 5, 1984

Services for William Joe DUVAUL, 63, of Sallisaw are being held Saturday,
Feb. 4, at 10 a.m. in the Wheeler Chapel with Bro. Ira Brackett officiating.
Burial follows in the Drakestand Cemetery under the direction of the Wheeler
Funeral Home in Sallisaw. Mr. DUVAUL died Thursday, Feb. 2, in a Fort Smith,
Ark., hospital. He was born Jan. 23, 1921, in Sallisaw to Jess DUVAUL and
Ethel EPPLER DUVAUL. Survivors include 11 daughters, Ima Jean, Shirley, Sheila,
Jessie, Judy, Iva and Becky, Dorothy, Josephine, Barbara and Darlene; one
son, Melvin; two brothers, Claud C., and Eugene; the mother, Ethel DUVAUL;
14 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Graveside services were held Friday at 2 p.m. for Barbara Diane FRYE,
34, of Sallisaw with the Rev. Reed Montgomery officiating. Mrs. FRYE was
born May 13, 1949, in Muskogee and died in her home in Sallisaw Jan. 31.
She is survived by her husband Michael of the home; a daughter, Lori Catherine;
a sister, Phyllis; brother, John; mother Annette RAY; and father, Lester
RAY .Services, held at the Sallisaw City Cemetery, were under the direction
of Wheeler Funeral Home in Sallisaw.

Funeral services for Harry C. WARDEN of Sallisaw are being held Saturday,
Feb. 4, at 2 p.m. in the Sallisaw First Baptist Church with Dr. Eldridge
L. Miller officiating. Burial follows in the Sallisaw City Cemetery under
the direction of the Agent Funeral Home. Mr. WARDEN was born to Marion Franklin
WARDEN and Margaret Josephine GARDNER WARDEN on March 7, 1888, in Niangus,
Mo. He died Thursday, Feb. 2, at Sequoyah Memorial Hospital at the age of
95. A member of the Baptist church, Mr. WARDEN was retired from the Oklahoma
State High Department. He and his wife, the former Era Lee RICHEY, were married
Oct. 12, 1909, in Gainesville, Texas. She preceded her husband in death on
Aug. 16, 1977. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Colleen and Mrs. Barbara;
five sons, Estus L., Omer F., Alvin T., Kelly C., and Leo W.; 21 grandchildren;
37 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; one sister, Mrs. Nora;
and three brothers, Ralph, John and V.S. "BYRD".

February 9, 1984

Lester John DRESSLER of Ontario, Calif., died Sunday, Jan. 29, at Pomona
Valley Hospital, Pomona, Calif. A retired citrus worker for Upland Lemon
Growers in Upland, Calif., Mr. DRESSLER was born May 18, 1893, near Versailles,
Morgan County, Mo., to Fredrick Charles DRESSLER and Mary Jane CROSSWHITE
DRESSLER. The family later moved to Tahlequah where Mr. DRESSLER married
the late Ella Mae CORN DRESSLER. Survivors include a daughter, Maxine and
son-in-law, Elvin T.; a son Lester Jr. and daughter-in-law, Diana; seven
grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and four step great-grandchildren.
Services were held at Stone Funeral Home in Upland, with interment in Bellevue
Cemetery in Ontario, on Feb. 2.

Mrs. Nelle Ely EUBANKS, 82, of Webbers Falls died Monday, Feb. 6, in Warner.
Services were held Wednesday Feb. 8, at 2 p.m. in the Agent chapel in Sallisaw
with the Rev. Wilburn Huggins officiating. Burial followed in Memorial Park
Cemetery in Muskogee under the direction of the Agent Funeral Home. Mrs.
EUBANKS was born Dec. 8, 1901, to Bethel ELY and Maudie BLEDSOE ELY in the
Long community, Sequoyah District, Indian Territory. She was a homemaker
and a member of the Baptist church. Mrs. EUBANKS and her husband, were married
March 17, 1936, in Stigler. He survives. Other survivors include one niece,
June, and one nephew, Donald.

Services for Mrs. Clara W. FIELDS, 91, of Vian were held Tuesday, Feb.
7, at 2 p.m. in the Agent Chapel in Sallisaw with the Rev. Tommy James
officiating. Burial followed in the White Chapel Cemetery, northwest of Gore,
under the direction of the Agent Funeral Home in Sallisaw. Mrs. FIELDS died
in Vian on Sunday, Feb. 5. She was born in Arkansas on Sept. 16, 1892, to
Henry WALTERS and Nellie Allison WALTERS. Survivors include two daughters,
LaHoma and Johnnie; one son, George W.; four sisters, Vada, Ethel, Opal,
and Lela; one brother, Carl; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Funeral services for Jesse Carl SISCO of Gore were held Wednesday, Feb.
8, at 10:30 a.m. at the Lighthouse Tabernacle in Gore. The Rev. W.O. Armstrong
officiated at the services. Burial followed in the White Chapel Cemetery,
northwest of Gore, under the direction of the Agent Funeral Home in Sallisaw.
Mr. SISCO was born to Columbus SISCO and Mary Emma Smith SISCO on Feb. 26,
1911, in Mulberry, Ark. He died in Vian on Monday, Feb. 6, at the age of
72. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Emma Sue; one son, Donald Ray; seven
grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Services for former Sallisaw resident Mrs. Frankie STORTS of Park Hill
were held Monday, Jan. 30, at 10 a.m. in the Reed-Culver Chapel in Tahlequah
with the Rev. Owen Haworth officiating. Burial followed in the Greenhill
Cemetery in Muskogee under the direction of the Reed-Culver Funeral Home.
Mrs. STORTS, 73, died Friday, Jan. 27, in Tahlequah City Hospital. She was
born Jan. 4, 1911, in Porum. She and her husband, Buren STORTS, were married
June 14, 1941, in Sallisaw. Survivors include the husband, of the home, and
two sisters, Inez and Nell.

Services for John WATIE, 66, of Sallisaw were held Monday, Feb. 6, at
2 p.m. at the Wheeler Chapel with the Rev. Rosco Dalton, the Rev. Curtis
Bias and the Rev. Monroe Lowrimore officiating. Burial was in Sallisaw City
Cemetery under the direction of Wheeler Funeral Home. Mr. WATIE died Saturday,
Feb. 4, at Sequoyah Memorial Hospital. He was born Jan. 30, 1918, to Pearl
Lee WATIE and Annie BRACKETT WATIE in Sallisaw. Survivors include the wife
Erseline; three daughters, Brenda and Chloe and Charlotte; four sisters,
Annabelle and Etith, Melda, and Janice; three brothers, Stanley, Paul, and
Joe; and five grandchildren.

February 12, 1984

Services for W.R. "Bill" MABRAY, of Muldrow are being held Saturday, Feb.
11, at 1 p.m at the Muldrow First Baptist Church with the Rev. Eddie Pollmann,
the Rev. Don Lehman and the Rev. Charles Riggs officiating. Burial follows
in the Muldrow Memorial Gardens under the direction of the Edwards Funeral
Home of Fort Smith, Ark. Mr. MABRAY, 77, died Thursday, Feb. 9, at his home.
Survivors include the wife Okla; one daughter, Mrs. Martha; two sons, Bill
Ed and Don; two brothers, Ted, and E.E.; 14 grandchildren; and 12
great-grandchildren.

February 16, 1984

Services for Myrtle Lorene BRACKEN, 74, of Muldrow were held Wednesday,
Feb. 15, at 2 p.m. in the Agent Chapel in Muldrow with the Rev. James Zeltner
officiating. Burial was in the Memory Gardens in Muldrow under the direction
of the Agent Funeral Home. Mrs. BRACKEN was born to Thomas SHERMAN and Louise
OSTHOFF SHERMAN on Sept. 11, 1909, in Donnellson Iowa. She died at Sparks
Regional Medical Center in Fort Smith, Ark., on Sunday, Feb. 12. She was
a homemaker. Survivors include one son, Bob, one granddaughter; a
daughter-in-law, Lorene; and one brother, Amman.

Funeral services for Bessie Mae FORESEE, 77, of Cushing were held at 2
p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, in the Fairley-Hackler Memory Chapel in Cushing.
Dr. James Reynolds, of the First Baptist Church officiated at the services.
Burial was in Cushing's Fairlawn Cemetery under the direction of the
Fairley-Hackler Funeral Home. Mrs. FORESEE died Sunday, Feb. 13, in the Drumright
Nursing Home. Mrs. FORESEE was born to Jim and Ada WOOD in Browndale
on Aug. 11, 1906. She and her husband, Forest W. FORESEE, were married Oct.
17, 1926, in Yukon. Mr. FORESEE preceded his wife in death on Aug. 4, 1978.
Survivors include one son, Forest Don F; three grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren.

Services for James Ray HICKS of Vian are being held Thursday, Feb. 16,
at 2 p.m. in the Faith Freewil Baptist Church, north of Vian. The Rev. Phillip
Holt and the Rev. Laymon Garrison will officiate at the services. Burial
follows in the Box Cemetery, north of Vian, under the direction of the Agent
Funeral Home in Sallisaw. Mr. HICKS died in Sallisaw Monday, Feb. 13, at
the age of 77. He was born Jan. 19, 1907, in Hulbert to Ramsey Lorenza HICKS
and Mary Magaline TRAPP HICKS. Survivors include one brother, George; one
niece, Mrs. Virginia; and several other nieces and nephews.

Graveside services for R.C. KOBEL were held Monday, Feb. 13, at 11 a..m.
at Forest Park Cemetery in Fort Smith, Ark. Mr. KOBEL, 92, died Friday at
his home in Fort Smith. Survivors include two daughters, Kathleen and Lillian;
two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services were under the direction
of Fentress Mortuary in Fort Smith.

Mrs. Ruth Marie WRIGHT, 59, of Vian died Monday, Feb. 13, in Vian. Services
are being held Thursday, Feb. 16, at 10 a.m. in the Vian Baptist Church with
he Rev. Harold Johnson officiating. Burial follows in the Garden of Memories
in Vian under the direction of the Agent Funeral Home in Sallisaw. Mrs. WRIGHT
was born Oct. 16, 1924, to Claude Dee MARTIN and Evelyn HATFIELD MARTIN in
Texas. She and her husband, J. C. WRIGHT, were married Jan. 16, 1961, in
Chickasha. Survivors include the husband of the home; one daughter, Mrs.
Barbara Ann; the mother, Mrs. Evelyn MARTIN; two sisters, Zelma Elizabeth
and Mrs. Shirley Ann; three brothers, Roy, Jerry and Buford; three grandchildren,
four step-children, and six step-grandchildren.

February 19, 1984

Graveside services for Marion Hobart BELL, 76, of Fort Smith, Ark., were
held Friday, Feb. 17, at 1:30 p.m. in the Forest Park Cemetery in Fort Smith
with Dr. Fred G. Roebuck officiating. Burial was under the direction of the
Agent Funeral Home in Sallisaw. Mr. BELL was born to Theodore BELL and Emily
HOBART BELL on Sept. 10, 1907, in Cordell. He died Wednesday, Feb. 15, in
Fort Smith. Survivors include two daughters, Sunny and Rebecca; two sons,
Rusty, and Randy; one sister, Evelyn; and eight grandchildren.

Services for Mrs. Dovie Lee BESHERS of Sprio were held Thursday, Feb.
16, at 2 p.m. in the Agent Chapel in Sallisaw with the Rev. Henry P. Brown
officiating. Burial followed in the Akins Cemetery, northeast of Sallisaw,
under the direction of the Agent Funeral Home. Mrs. BESHERS died Tuesday,
Feb. 14, in Van Buren, Ark., at the age of 79. She was born May 12, 1904,
to William BAKER and Elizabeth M. McCASLIN in the Hanson community, Sequoyah
District, Indian Territory. She and her husband, Willard R. BESHERS, were
married Nov. 5, 1923, in Sequoyah County. He preceded his wife in death.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Jauneva; one son, Raymond; one sister,
Mrs. Lois; three brothers, Monroe and Earl, and Vernon; six grandchildren;
and two great-grandchildren.

Services for Arminda PREWETT, 81, of Muldrow were held Friday, Feb. 17,
at 2 p.m. in the Lee's Creek Assembly of God Church with the Rev. Tommy Treat
officiating. Burial was in the Liberty Cemetery under the direction of the
Wheeler Funeral Home in Sallisaw. Mrs. PREWETT died in Sequoyah Memorial
Hospital on Wednesday, Feb. 15. She was born Nov. 18, 1902, to Thomas CURL
and Mae AUSTIN CURL in Yell County, Ark. Survivors include four daughters,
Joyce, Melba Lynn, Velma Faye, and Margie; three sons, Udell, Jimmie and
Clell; six sisters, Lessie, Verna, Ethel, Grace, Inice, and Reba; two brothers,
Jerry and Maze; 17 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

February 23, 1984

Funeral services for Mrs. Opal Lee BEUTELSCHIES, 76, of Carlsbad, N.M.,
were held Monday, Feb. 20, at 20 a.m. in the Bokoshe First United Methodist
Church. The Rev. Billy Joe Dunn officiated at the services which were followed
by burial in the Old Bokoshe Cemetery. Burial was under the direction of
the Agent Funeral Home in Sallisaw. Mrs. BEUTELSCHIES was born to Emmit Melvin
HOLCOMB and Viola May DUNN HOLCOMB on Feb. 4, 1908, in Bradford, Ark. She
died Wednesday, Feb. 15, in Carlsbad. She and her husband, Archie Allen
BEUTELSCHIES, were married July 3, 1928, in Bokoshe. He preceded his wife
in death. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Morna; one brother, Eugene;
one sister, Ms. Mabel; and one grandson.

Mrs. Mae ANDERSON OWENS, 81, of Stilwell died Saturday, Feb. 18, in Stilwell.
Services were held Tuesday, Feb. 21, at 2 p.m. in the Agent Chapel in Sallisaw
with the Rev. Willie Padgett officiating. Burial was in the Brushy Cemetery,
north of Sallisaw, under the direction of the Agent Funeral Home. Mrs. OWENS
was born May 1, 1902, in Ozark, Ark. Survivors include three sisters, Mrs.
Annie and Mrs. Gracie Lee, and Mrs. Irene; one brother, Paul; and several
nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Kellah B. REIMER of Wichita, Kan. Formerly of Gore, died Thursday,
Feb. 16, in Wichita. Services were held Monday, Feb.20, at 2 p.m. in the
Agent Chapel in Sallisaw with the Rev. Robert Hill officiating. Burial was
in the Gore City Cemetery under the direction of the Agent Funeral Home.
Mrs. REIMER, 70, was born Feb. 27, 1913, to Robert Blackstone FIELDS and
Mae Lee FIELDS in Fort Gibson. Mrs. REIMER and her husband, Lewis Earl REIMER,
were married Nov. 10, 1934, in Platte City, Mo. He survives. Other survivors
include one son, Richard Lee; one grandson; one sister, Mrs. Thelma; and
two brothers, Loss, and R. B.

Services for Clarence Virgil SPEARS, 85, of Sallisaw were held Tuesday,
Feb. 21, at 10 a.m. in the Agent Chapel with Bro. Ira C. Brackett officiating.
Burial followed in the Rocky Point Cemetery, north of Sallisaw, under the
direction of the Agent Funeral Home. Mr. SPEARS died Sunday, Feb. 19, at
his home. He was born Aug. 4, 1898, to William SPEARS and Cassie Vincent
SPEARS in Joplin, Mo. He and his wife, the former Beulah KING SOUTHERN, were
married in Reno, Nev., on April 27, 1957. She survives. Other survivors include
three daughters, Ruby, Wilma and Pearline; two sons, Charles and William;
four step-daughters, Mrs. Maxine and Mrs. Joyce, Mrs. JoAnn and Mrs. Shirley;
six step-sons, Willard and Gary, Billy and Sidney, Eugene and Don; one sister,
Mildred; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and
great-great-grandchildren.

Services for Charlie TEEHEE, 80, of Vian were held Monday, Feb. 20, at
2 p.m. The Rev. Mike McConnell and the Rev. Adam Conoe officiated at the
services which were held at the Red Bird Smith Ceremonial Grounds near Vian.
Burial followed in the Red Bird Smith Cemetery, north of Vian, under the
direction of the Agent Funeral Home in Sallisaw. Mr. TEEHEE was born to Jess
TEEHEE and Dora BANDY TEEHEE on Nov. 11, 1903, in Gore, Sequoyah District,
Indian Territory. He died in Sallisaw on Friday, Feb. 17. . He and his wife,
the former Rosella WATERS, were married in 1936 in Vian. She survives. Other
survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Opal, Lorene, Mrs. Nineen and Mrs.
Nina; five sons, E.W., Dave and Raymond, and David and Johnson; three sisters,
Mrs. Sarah, Mrs. Kelly and Mrs. Nannie; one brother, Houston; 24 grandchildren;
and 12 great-grandchildren.

Services for Mrs. Elsie Mae TREADWELL, 72, of Gore were held Saturday,
Feb. 18, at 1 p.m. in the Gum Springs School, near Gore, with Elder Peter
Hubler officiating. Burial followed in the White Chapel Cemetery, northwest
of Gore, under the direction of the Agent Funeral Home in Sallisaw. Mrs.
TREADWELL died at York Manor Rest Home in Muskogee on Thursday, Feb. 16.
She was born Nov. 28, 1911, at Alma, Ark., to Frances Artella HART and Homer
Harvey SCOTT. Her mother died when she was 9-days-old and she was raised
by her grandparents, Charley C. HART and Nancy Ann DONALDSON, near Gore in
the Linderbend community. She married Floyd Tolbert TREADWELL on Jan. 29,
1927, at Gore. He preceded his wife in death in 1965. Survivors include four
daughters, Mrs. Jewell, Mrs. Betty, Mrs. Wanda and Mrs. Janie; four sons,
Jim and Mike, Bob and Carl; one sister, Mrs. Bernice; 30 grandchildren; and
33 great-grandchildren. Mrs. TREADWELL was preceded in death by two
half-brothers, Carl and Conkin SCOTT and one half sister, Berncie GOERING.

The Rev. Edward Lee VESSELL of Poplar, Calif., formerly of Vian, died
Sunday, Feb. 5, in the hospital at Exeter, Calif. The Rev. VESSELL was born
to H.W. and Alice VESSELL Jan. 13, 1897, in Logan County, Ark. Funeral services
were held Thursday, Feb. 9, in Myers Funeral Chapel at Porterville, Calif.
Burial was int he Woodville Cemetery at Woodville, Calif., under the direction
of Myers Funeral Home. Officiating at the services were the Rev. James Donaghe,
pastor of the Assembly of God Church at Poplar, and the Rev. James Grimes,
pastor of the Porterville Assembly of God Church. Survivors include the wife
Ruth; one daughter, Rema Lou; one son, Raymond; eight sisters, Mrs. Naomi,
Mrs. Minnie (Tishie) PLEDGER of Havana, Ark., Mrs. Stella and Mrs. Maudie,
Mrs. Niva, Mrs. Mertie and Mrs. Lorene and Mrs. Lucy,; one brother, Odus;
and seven grandchildren. The Rev. VESSELL was preceded in death by one sister,
Mrs. Mary Ann (Mae) WATERS in January, 1984.

February 26, 1984

Services for Delbert Daniel HAMMETT, 77, of the Blackgum community are
scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 25, at 10 a.m. in the Blackgum Baptist Church
with the Rev. Dale Ritter officiating. Burial is in the Box Cemetery under
the direction of the Wheeler Funeral Home. Mr. HAMMETT died at his home on
Wednesday, Feb. 22. He was born Sept. 3, 1906, to Mack HAMMETT and Lella
Ann HOPPER HAMMETT in Blackgum. Survivors include the wife, Jewel of the
home; one son, Delbert Truman; two daughters, Barbara Lou, and Marbara Lee;
one sister, Lottie; two brothers, Oley and Albert; 14 grandchildren; and
10 great-grandchildren.

Wayne S. McLELLAN of Garden Grove, Calif., died Friday, Feb. 17, at the
age of 63. Funeral services were held Monday, Feb. 20, at Anaheim, Calif.,
under the direction of Hilgenfeld Mortuary in Anaheim. Burial was at Riverside
National Cemetery in Riverside, Calif. Survivors include one son, Larry Wayne,
one daughter, Judy; two grandsons; and three sisters, Daphna; Myrle
and Hazel.

Services for Mrs. Pansy Viola MEECH, 92, of Sallisaw are being held Saturday,
Feb. 25, at 10 a.m. in the First Assembly of God Church in Sallisaw with
the Rev. Douglas Jernigan officiating. Burial will follow in the Sallisaw
City Cemetery under the direction of the Agent Funeral Home. Mrs. MEECH died
in Sallisaw on Wednesday, Feb. 22. She was born Nov. 21, 1891, to Preston
SPEER and Nannie SHARR SPEER in Parkersburg, Penn. Survivors include one
son, Charles; and four sisters, Mrs. Evelyn, Mrs. Dorothy, Mrs. Hazel and
Mrs. Nannie.

Harvey King THOMAS, 58, of Webbers Falls died Thursday, Feb. 23, in Gore.
Services are scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 25, at 2 p.m. in the First Christian
Church in Sallisaw with the Rev. Mark Hall officiating. Burial follows in
the Akins Cemetery under the direction of Wheeler Funeral Home in Sallisaw.
Mr. THOMAS was born to King THOMAS and Thinea E. WILSON THOMAS on Aug. 4,
1925, in Gore. Survivors include two daughters, Sandee Ann and Becky Sue;
one son, Randy King; four half-brothers, Eblo, Othel, George, and Edward;
and two grandchildren.